Social Stratification

This social class is sometimes referred to as the 1%

• Upper Class

• Upper Middle Class

• Working Poor

• Underclass

The amount of money a person makes in a given time period is known as

• Wealth

• Income

• Net Worth

• Poverty

The total amount of money and assets a person owns

• Wealth

• Income

• Net Pay

• Poverty

According to Marx, this group was taken advantage of by owners and had nothing of value except their own labor

• Bourgeoisie

• Proletariat

• Underclass

• Middle Class

Which characteristic does not make a person more likely to live in poverty

• male

• female

• Hispanic

• Black

• Child

This refers to the respect and honor given to social positions

• Power

• Wealth

• Income

• Prestige

This sociological perspective explains social stratification as happening because the most capable people will fill the most important positions in a society and get the most rewards

• Functionalism

• Conflict

• Symbolic Interactionism

This sociological perspective explains social stratification as happening because children learn attitudes regarding different groups from their parents

• Functionalism

• Conflict

• Symbolic Interactionism

This sociological perspective explains social stratification as happening because some members of society are willing to exploit others

• Functionalism

• Conflict

• Symbolic Interactionism

Laws that took away rights from blacks in the south after the Civil War up until the Civil Rights movement were an example of

• racism

• elitism

• authoritarianism